Artemisia Gentileschi (alternatively: Artemisia Lami Gentileschi)
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
David and Bathsheba, Painting depicting the Old Testament scene of David watching Bathsheba on the roof. Bathsheba is shown in the forefront of the image preparing to take a bath. She is accompanied by her handmaidens removing her jewelry. In the background, on an adjacent roof David is seen watching., circa 1640-5
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.CARA.0080; Public Notes:
David, Painting depicts the triumph of David over Goliath and the resulting beheading of Goliath found in the Old Testament. David is portrayed as a young man holding the decapitated head of Goliath by the hair, there is also a young woman standing next to David, her gaze on him instead of the head.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.CARA.0079; Public Notes:
Judith and Holofernes, Painting depicting apocryphal scene of Judith beheading Holofernes, the Assyrian general. The painting shows the moment when Judith, helped by her maidservant beheads the general after he has fallen asleep drunk., circa 1620
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.CARA.0072; Public Notes:
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Image depicting the scene following the beheading of Holofernes from the apocryphal book of Judith. Judith and her handmaiden are shown. Judith holds a sword in her right hand, in side profile. The handmaiden is seen from behind holding a basket with the head of Holofernes inside. Both women are looking to the left of the shot., circa 1613-1619
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.CARA.0073; Public Notes: Appearance of the letters I and R appear in the lower right section of the print, Reproduzione Interdetta Reproduction Forbidden.
Massacre of the Innocents, Paintings depicting the mass infanticide of King Herod after the prophecy of the birth of Jesus brought to the king from the Magi. According to the gospel of Matthew, King Herod ordered the execution of all young male children in the vicinity of Bethlehem.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.CARA.0082; Public Notes:
Portrait of a Singer, Painting of an unnamed singer. The woman appears standing in a white dress, holding sheet music. The subject is in full profile but gazing at the viewer in a side angle.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.CARA.0075; Public Notes:
St. Catherine of Alexandria, Portrait of a St. Catherine of Alexandria seated in 3/4 profile, holding a feather or a quill. She is looking down and away from the viewer with a crown upon her head., circa 1620
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.CARA.0078; Public Notes:
The Birth of John the Baptist, Painting depicting the New Testament scene of the birth of Saint John the Baptist. Saint Elizabeth is accompanied by three women preparing a bath for the infant while Saint Zechariah is shown in the background., circa 1635
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.CARA.0081; Public Notes:
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